Follow

Emily came to stay. It’s a pity that Ironbridge was flooded, but at least the rain stayed away.

Follow

San Stefanos has become noticeably quieter since the weekend, hardly any guests remain. Some tavernas are closed now, but Yianni’s gyros place is still doing fine. Last night I had a deconstructed gyros; all the same ingredients served on a plate. Val had the Greek stalwart of stifado.

This morning we ambled to the harbour to see the fishing boats landing their catch.

Val had a paddle while I drank my coffee at Manthos.

As you can see, there’s nobody else around, so it only remains for us to pack our bags and head back to the UK tomorrow.

Follow

Our apartments have a nice pool and bar. Naturally we’ve visited the bar on numerous occasions, but yesterday evening Val decided to try the pool.

Apparently it was a bit cold. I’ll take your word for it.

Later we got another nice sunset. The village in the last rays.

We had a good dinner at the Nafsika hotel, then popped into Manthos’ for a beer.

We had a slow start this morning, a walk along the beach and a coffee at Havana.

Here’s our supermarket in the old part of the village. We need to stock up with wine again.

Follow

It looked like a good evening for a sunset last night, so we had a walk up to Akrotiri to have a look. Drinks while we wait for the event.

Google told us that sunset would occur at 7.28. We were ready.

That was nice, and now it’s down to the village for some healthy eating.

Love those gyros. This morning we’re up early again to catch the bus. We’re off to a village called Agios Georgios, which is the end of the line for this route. It’s a beach resort, with tavernas, a couple of supermarkets and not much else.

We pause for a coffee and set off along the long beach. Eventually the road begins to climb towards the hill village of Afionas. Amazing sculpture garden on the way up the hill.

Views over Arillas. The cape in the distance is where we took the sunset pictures last night.

A pretty good walk. Hopefully far enough to see off last night’s gyros.

Follow

San Stefanos has two distinct areas. The original village with the old harbour is at one end, while the more modern, essentially purpose-built bit is around the corner to the north. We tried one of the more modern tavernas last night. Despite the large screen TVs and the football and rugby memorabilia, it was nice.

Val had Mexican mussels.

After dinner we visited one of the bars on the ‘strip’. Nice cocktails.

This morning it’s stiflingly hot, so we walk up to the Akrotiri cafe high on the cape for coffee.

There’s a nice breeze up here, and wonderful views.

From here we can walk down to Arillas. We did a bit of exploring, and it turns out there’s more to this village than the row of bars and restaurants that line the seafront. We stopped for a lazy lunch, before climbing back over the headland to the cool of our apartment.

Follow

Dinner at a place called Brusko last night.

Val had a beef and pasta dish called pastitsada. This is a typical meal here in Corfu, and it’s often eaten for Sunday dinner.

Espresso Martini in Bar 38 after dinner.

Having walked until we were fit to drop for the last few days, we’re going to limit ourselves to a ramble around San Stefanos today. Descending from the cape back towards the village.

Little bridge spanning the stream that divides the beach.

Coffee at the Havana beach bar. A good breeze from the sea is keeping everyone cool.

Greek genius. Ice creams with no packaging. Delicious and really cheap.

When the sunbathers and swimmers desert the beach in the evening, the kite surfers appear. They only seem to need a few centimetres of water, and they really fly along.

Follow

Another nice meal of grilled prawns and squid last night, this time at a place called Mistral. Nice sunset from the beach.

We have a few drinks on our balcony. Our view of the village.

This morning it’s raining slightly, and we catch the bus to the village of Avliotes. We amble to the Seventh Heaven taverna at Logas beach for coffee.

From here we can walk to nearby Peroulades.

High above the village is Cape Drastis, on the north west corner of Corfu.

It’s difficult to convey the scale of this, but it’s really impressive.

We head back towards San Stefanos, pausing for a drink at Illia’s taverna in Avliotes. Good day out.